Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on October 30, 2011 · 2 Comments
Your thoughts create your life. – Louise L. Hay Louise L. Hay recently celebrated her 85th birthday with 400 friends and colleagues. She survived childhood rape and incest; child abuse, neglect and abandonment; teenage pregnancy; dating violence; and cervical cancer. She was a high-fashion model who married prosperous English businessman Andrew Hay and met royalty and dined at the White … Read more
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Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on October 29, 2011 · 3 Comments
Christine McFadden, DVM It was just to destroy me. – Dr. Christine McFadden She went out for a morning walk with her best friend, Amy Velasquez, and came home to find all four of her children brutally murdered. How do you recover from this devastating loss? Dr. Christine McFadden is a veterinarian in Merced, CA. She founded the thriving Valley … Read more
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I have known what it is to live a lie ~ to want so badly to keep a relationship that I made myself invisible. . . I would like to spare the pain of every woman who fears that she can have love only if she erases her needs and makes herself small. – Robin … Read more
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I have won because I have won myself back. I claim me. – Michele Weldon Michele Weldon has survived domestic violence and breast cancer. She is passionately vocal about fathers who abandon their sons. She is an assistant professor at her alma mater (BSJ and MSJ), Northwestern University’s prestigious Medill School of Journalism. She speaks about … Read more
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Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on October 14, 2011 · 2 Comments
Did you know that the lack of love can alter brain development? The brain scan on the left is of a child nurtured in a healthy environment. The brain scan on the right is of a severely neglected child who had a variation of total global neglect (similar to Dani’s story ~ see below). Anderson Cooper: Can a lack of love … Read more
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Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on August 12, 2011 · 1 Comment
Storytelling is a critical part of effective advocacy. – Ruth Anne Robbins J.K. Rowling is the queen of writing a new script for her life. While researching her story, I discovered Ruth Anne Robbins’ excellent article, “Harry Potter, Ruby Slippers and Merlin: Telling the Client’s Story Using the Characters and Paradigms of the Archetypal … Read more
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Sixth months ago today, I became homeless. Three months ago today, I moved into my new home. Sixth years ago today, my father passed away from a stroke. Yesterday, I read The Art of Mending by Elizabeth Berg. It is about a woman named Caroline who struggles to recover from childhood abuse and the sudden death … Read more
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It’s Monday. This is for all my friends who think chocolate is the best therapy ever!
Does your love life make you want to don your tennis shoes and bolt? Do you wish Elizabeth Gilbert had written a different sequel to Eat, Pray, Love ~ one that would give you the inside scoop on what she learned on her sojourn through Italy, India, and Indonesia? If so, I highly recommend Geneen … Read more
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Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on March 9, 2011 · 1 Comment
At 1:00 this morning, Navigating Uncharted Waters had its 100,000th visitor! I am thrilled and profoundly humbled. Before I start celebrating, I want to take a moment thank all my subscribers and loyal visitors for your support, interest, comments, and inspiration. When I started this blog two years ago, I never dreamed I would meet so … Read more
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